In her novel "Demon Copperhead," author Barbara Kingsolver tells the story of poverty and addiction in contemporary Appalachia. Host Scott Tong caught up with Kingsolver in western Virginia to talk ...

Here & Now’s Scott Tong visited Kingsolver in her home in western Virginia to talk about the power of home, poverty and addiction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Deaths from despair' including overdose deaths, suicide and liver/cirrhosis continue to outpace the nation in Appalachia. (Photo: ...

Appalachia—a region that stretches from Mississippi to New York—has historically been recognized as a socially and economically disadvantaged part of the United States, and growing evidence suggests ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The region's most economically distressed counties are in the coalfields of Central Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky's ...

Comparative maps show a distinct wide swath of progress, but much remains to be done. The 2006 version of the economic status map for Appalachia shows 77 counties remain “distressed,” while 81 others ...

In Appalachia, mental health challenges are a present reality shaped by the conditions of everyday life. At Christian Appalachian Project (CAP), we see mental health needs firsthand in the families ...

The Appalachian region, encompassing a 206,000 square-mile span from southern New York to northern Mississippi, continues to suffer the highest rate of mortality in the nation from so-called "diseases ...